Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas!

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Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2013)

Saturday, November 16 - Saturday, December 28

Book and Lyrics by Timothy Mason Music by Mel Marvin Directed by James Vásquez Original Choreography by John DeLuca Original Production Conceived and Directed by Jack O’Brien

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Summary

America’s favorite holiday fable returns for its 16th joyous year!

Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!is a wonderful, whimsical musical based upon the classic Dr. Seuss book. Back for its 16th incredible year, the family favorite features the songs “This Time of Year,” “Santa for a Day” and “Fah Who Doraze,” the delightful carol from the popular animated version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Celebrate the holidays as the Old Globe Theatre is once again transformed into the snow-covered Whoville, right down to the last can of Who-hash.

11 a.m. matinee performances are open to ALL AGES.
Everyone must have a ticket. Children under age 3 will not be
admitted except during 11 a.m. performances.

“Santa for a Day” Contest

The "Santa for a Day" contest is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered and Merry Grinch-mas!

Cast

Danny Who, Pink Team

Luke Babbitt

is thrilled to be back in Whoville for a fourth year after performing in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! from 2011 to 2013. He was most recently seen as Evan Goldman in California Youth Conservatory’s production of 13. His other recent credits include Kurt von Trapp in San Diego Musical Theatre’s award-winning production of The Sound of Music and The Artful Dodger in Peter Pan Junior Theater’s production of Oliver! Mr. Babbitt is 14 and an eighth grader at the La Mesa Arts Academy where he is a member of the Boy’s Ensemble. He would like to thank his family and friends for believing in him and the production team for once again giving him the opportunity to be a part of this wonderful San Diego holiday tradition. Enjoy the show!

The Grinch

Steve Blanchard

Steve Blanchard reprises his role as The Grinch from the 2011 and 2012 productions of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Mr. Blanchard has appeared on Broadway in Beauty and the Beast, Camelot, The Three Musketeers and A Christmas Carol. His National Tours include Little House on the Prairie, Camelot, The Phantom of the Opera, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Hans Christian Andersen. His Off Broadway credits include Orphan Train, Johnny Guitar, Frankenstein, Treasure Island, Moby Dick and An Oak Tree. He has appeared regionally in Little House on the Prairie (Guthrie Theater), Tarzan (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma) and Esmeralda (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis). Blanchard’s television credits include “Law & Order,” “Third Watch,” “Cupid,” “Ed,” “Sunset Beat,” “Police Story,” “Guiding Light,” “One Life to Live” and “Another World.” He has appeared in the films Those Who Wander, Dark Vengeance, Savva and Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card for HBO. He can be heard on the original recordings of Johnny Guitar, Sundown, Frankenstein and Northbound Train.

Grandma Who

Eileen Bowman

Eileen Bowman feels so blessed to be back playing Grandma Who! She was last seen as Velma Von Tussle in Hairspray (Welk Resort Theatre) and, before that, as Amy in Company (Cygnet Theatre Company). Her other roles include Keely Stevens in Pete ’n’ Keely, Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, for which she won the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Craig Noel Award, and the three leading ladies in Joe vs The Volcano, for which she also garnered a Craig Noel Award nomination (Lamb’s Players Theatre). She also appeared in the National Tour of The Art of Broadway as well as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Marian in The Music Man and Lina Lamont in Singin’ in the Rain (Starlight Musical Theatre). She has done numerous national commercials as well as many television features. Thank you to God and to her perfect and handsome husband Marc and to her sweet and wonderful parents and family for their support and love. This performance is dedicated to her beloved mom-in-law, Virginia; thanks for her grace and courage and strength. “Who does he think he is...anyway?”

Grown-Up Who Ensemble

Jacob Caltrider

Jacob Caltrider previously appeared at the Globe with Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (‘11 and ‘12) and Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show. His local credits include Assassins, Parade, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd and The History Boys (Cygnet Theatre Company), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (North Coast Repertory Theatre) and Marry Me a Little, Twist, Yank! and the original casts of Harmony, Kansas and The Daddy Machine (Diversionary Theatre).

Grown-Up Who Ensemble

Megan Carmitchel

Megan Carmitchel was recently seen at the Globe in The Last Goodbye. Her recent San Diego credits include Fiddler on the Roof (Lamb’s Players Theatre), Pippin (Diversionary Theatre), South Pacific and Stepping Out (Welk Resort Theatre) and The Who’s Tommy (San Diego Repertory Theatre). She is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a degree in vocal performance and was seen in the Bay Area in Peter Pan (Berkeley Playhouse) and City of Angels and Chess (San Francisco State University).

Papa Who

Geno Carr

has previously appeared at The Old Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2011-2013) and Allegiance – A New American Musical. His other San Diego credits include The Servant of Two Masters (Craig Noel Award nomination), The Foreigner, miXtape, and The Music Man (Lamb’s Players Theatre, Associate Artist), Assassins, Parade, Little Shop of Horrors, and Sweeney Todd (Cygnet Theatre Company, Resident Artist), I Love You Because and A Christmas Carol (2008-2009) (North Coast Repertory Theatre), A Waltz Dream (Lyric Opera San Diego), and Next to Normal (San Diego Musical Theatre). Mr. Carr has appeared Off Broadway in Bush Wars and on the national tours of Phantom, The Buddy Holly Story, and Grease. His favorite regional credits include Leo Bloom in The Producers, Harold Nichols in The Full Monty, Sparky in Forever Plaid, the title role in Bat Boy, Smee in Peter Pan, Feste in Twelfth Night, Buddy Fidler in City of Angels, Luther Billis in South Pacific, Man #2 in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, and Gus Esmond Jr. in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (BroadwayWorld Award nomination). He holds an M.F.A. in Acting and Directing from Sarah Lawrence College and a dual B.A. in Music and Theatre Arts from Hartwick College. GenoCarr.com.

Grown-Up Who Ensemble

Nancy Snow Carr

is thrilled to return to The Grinch for her fourth year. She was recently seen at The Old Globe as Lady Montague in The Last Goodbye. Some of her favorite credits include Lina Lamont in Singin’ in the Rain (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in New York), the national tours of Phantom and The Buddy Holly Story, Dorothy in the Washington, D.C., premiere of Summer of ’42 (Round House Theatre), and The Foreigner (Lamb’s Players Theatre). Ms. Carr received her B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Elon University and her M.F.A. from San Diego State University. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Ms. Carr operates a private studio in San Diego where she offers voice lessons and audition preparation. She is grateful to perform with several of her students, tons of her friends, and her marvelous husband, Geno Carr. nancysnowcarr.com.

Teen Who, Pink Team

David Coffey

David Coffey is thrilled to be making his Globe debut in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Earlier this year, Mr. Coffey played the role of Chucho in the North Coast Repertory Theatre’s world premiere stage production of Becoming Cuba. In June, he was awarded a National Youth Arts Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Pasko in San Diego Junior Theatre’s highly acclaimed production of A Little Princess directed by Desha Crownover. This coming February he will play the role of Chet in SDJT’s premiere production of The Burnt Part Boys, which will be directed by Executive Director James Saba. David also performed the lead role of Milo in SDJT’s The Phantom Tollbooth, Dad in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing andJay Bird in Honk! and was a performer in this year’s second annual JT Honors and Songs of the Season. Mr. Coffey is featured in the television series “Haven’s Light,”produced by Turning Point Television Studios. Mr. Coffey is excited and honored to be part of this amazing cast of The Grinch!

Cindy-Lou Who, Pink Team

Britney Coleman

(Silvia) is thrilled to make her Globe debut. She has appeared Off Broadway in Stop the Virgens (St. Ann’s Warehouse) and regionally in the world premiere of Sing for Your Shakespeare directed by Mark Lamos (Westport Country Playhouse), Dreamgirls (The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire as well as Fulton Theatre/Maine State Music Theatre), Into the Woods (Center Stage/Westport Country Playhouse), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Milwaukee Repertory Theater), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Stage 773), and Tarzan, Hairspray, State Fair; Big River, and All Shook Up (Wagon Wheel Theatre). Her other credits include Goddess (The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center/National Music Theater Conference), Ragtime, Into the Woods, See Rock City and Other Destinations, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and Ella Minnow Pea (University of Michigan), and A Very Potter Musical, A Very Potter Sequel, A Very Potter 3D: A Very Potter Senior Year (UM Basement Arts/StarKid Productions). She received her B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from University of Michigan. britneycoleman.com.

Betty-Lou Who, Red Team

Remy Margaret Corbin

Remy Margaret Corbin is thrilled to be back as part of the Grinch family and to perform again at The Old Globe. She last performed here in the Dr. Seuss’ How theGrinch Stole Christmas! as Cindy-Lou Who (’10 and ’11). Her other roles include Posey in Christmas on My Mind (Lamb’s Players Theatre) and Bielke in Fiddler on the Roof and Molly in Annie (Moonlight Stage Productions). When not dancing, singing or tumbling, Ms. Corbin likes to surf, hang out with friends and chase after her dog, who always steals her Young Max stuffed animal!

Little Who Ensemble, Red Team

Kevin Davison

Kevin Davison is thrilled to be returning to The Old Globe for a third season and thanks the artistic team for an amazing experience. He was most recently seen as Randolph in Bye Bye Birdie. Some of his other favorite roles have been Jojo in Seussical (Pickwick Players), King Louie in Disney’s The Jungle Book (Young Actors’ Theatre) and The Mayor of Munchkinland in The Wizard of Oz and Michael Darling in Peter Pan (Christian Youth Theater). Mr. Davison, who is 13 years old, loves singing, dancing and writing music. When he isn’t on stage he likes texting his friends, hanging out with his awesome sister Randi and taking golf lessons. He likes all kinds of movies ranging from Matilda to The Avengers. Mr. Davison hopes to be on Broadway someday but knows that wherever life takes him he will always have a song in his heart.

Cindy-Lou Who, Red Team

Gabriella Dimmick

is an eight-year-old who is very proud to be returning to Whoville for her second year as Cindy-Lou Who! She is homeschooled, is an avid dancer, plays the piano, and loves all things theater. Ms. Dimmick was recently seen as Molly in Annie Jr. (Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego) and has played Gretl in The Sound of Music (San Diego Musical Theatre). Her California Ballet Company productions include The Nutcracker (2010-2012), Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland. Ms. Dimmick loves reading, science, singing her heart out, and especially playing with her big sister, Sophia, and her little Yorkie, Benedict.

Little Who Ensemble, Red Team

Sophia Dimmick

is so excited to be returning to The Old Globe for her third year in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! She is an accomplished harpist and dancer who is enjoying the challenge of her first year of both transitioning to the pedal harp and dancing en pointe. Her favorite theatre roles include Janee in South Pacific (Welk Resort Theatre) and ensemble roles in Once Upon a Mattress (Pickwick Players) and Honk! (San Diego Junior Theatre). Ms. Dimmick has also been seen on stage with The California Ballet Company in The Nutcracker (2009-2011), Dracula (2012-2013), Alice in Wonderland, and this year’s San Diego International Fringe Festival. Ms. Dimmick treasures sharing the stage once more with her sister, Gabriella, and is happiest when lost in a good book.

Grown-Up Who Ensemble

Randall Dodge

Randall Dodge previously appeared at the Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’06-‘07, ’10-‘12). His regional credits include Emile in South Pacific, Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz, Billy Flynn in Chicago, Signor Naccarelli in The Light in the Piazza, Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd, Daddy Warbucks in Annie, Trevor Graydon in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music, Carl Magnus in A Little Night Music, Prince/Wolf in Into the Woods, Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun, Dr. Neville Craven in The Secret Garden, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance, El Gallo in The Fantasticks, Father in Children of Eden, Joe in The Most Happy Fella, Bounder in The Scarlet Pimpernel, Chuck Baxter in Promises, Promises and Mr. Bratt in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, as well as Kit in No Way to Treat a Lady and Pete ’n’ Keely, both West Coast premieres. Mr. Dodge is a proud graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. RandallDodge.net.

Old Max

Steve Gunderson

has previously appeared at the Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1999-2000, 2003, 2005, 2007-2013), Suds: The Rocking ’60s Musical Soap Opera (also co-writer/arranger), A Trip to Chinatown and Hadrian VII. His Off Broadway credits include Suds (original cast), Forever Plaid, Back to Bacharach and David (original cast, co-created with Kathy Najimy), Butley, and Street Scene. Mr. Gunderson and Richard Dreyfuss battled it out as opposing attorneys in Dustin Lance Black’s 8 at The Birch North Park Theatre. His additional credits include His Girl Friday (San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award nomination), The Nightingale, and Memphis (La Jolla Playhouse), Dirty Blonde, Parade, and Sweeney Todd (Cygnet Theatre Company), Romance, Miss Witherspoon, and A Christmas Carol (San Diego Repertory Theatre), An Ideal Husband (Lamb’s Players Theatre), 1776 (Cabrillo Music Theatre), Birds of a Feather (Diversionary Theatre), and major roles at Pasadena Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, Alliance Theatre, North Coast Repertory Theatre, New Village Arts, and La Mirada Theatre. He played multiple roles in the national tour of The Grapes of Wrath with Ed Harris and in the popular revue The Melinda & Steve Show with Melinda Gilb. His television credits include various voices on “King of the Hill” and the new “Beavis and Butt-Head.” In 2010, Mr. Gunderson won the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Craig Noel Award for Actor of the Year and for his performance as Wilbur in Hairspray (San Diego Repertory Theatre).

Grown-Up Who Ensemble

Kyrsten Hafso-Koppman

previously appeared at The Old Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Chirstmas! (2013). Her local credits include Cats (San Diego Musical Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Musical (Intrepid Shakespeare Company), Les Misérables, Fiddler on the Roof, Pete ‘n’ Keely, and Joe vs The Volcano (Lamb’s Players Theatre), Sweeney Todd (Moonlight Stage Productions), King o’ the Moon (North Coast Repertory Theatre), and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Welk Resort Theatre). Ms. Hafso-Koppman recently performed the role of Mary in Respighi’s oratorio Laud to the Nativity in Spokane and Seattle. She earned her B.A. in Vocal Performance from Whitworth University and her M.F.A. in Musical Theatre from San Diego State University.

Little Who Ensemble, Pink Team

Brooke Henderson

sat in awe at the age of three and watched Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. It was then that she said, “I want to do that!” This show inspired her to pursue musical theatre. She is honored and elated to be back in Whoville for a third year. She is a seventh grader at The Language Academy and is fluent in French. Her first love is musical theatre, and her credits include Annie (Moonlight Stage Productions), Little Inez in Hairspray (Southwestern College), Alice’s Daughter in Big River (California Youth Conservatory),Once Upon a Mattress (Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego), a supporting role in an independent film, and many productions at San Diego Junior Theatre. Merry Christmas!

Little Who Ensemble, Red Team

Katelyn Katz

is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Carmel Valley Middle School. She was most recently seen as Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird (New Village Arts). Her other theatre credits include The Sound of Music (San Diego Musical Theatre), The Stinky Cheese Man, Go, Dog. Go!, Honk!, Annie, and How I Became a Pirate (San Diego Junior Theatre), as well as The Wizard of Oz and Once Upon a Mattress (Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego). In her spare time, Ms. Katz enjoys singing and dancing. She is thrilled to be performing a second year at The Old Globe and wishes everyone a happy holiday season.

Boo Who, Red Team

Imahni King-Murillo

is thrilled to rejoin the Globe in the 2014 production of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! He thanks his family for their inspiration and encouragement in all his endeavors. He was recently honored as a National Youth Arts Award nominee for Outstanding Featured Actor for his performance as a Storyteller in the San Diego Junior Theatre production of James and the Giant Peach directed by Ira Bauer-Spector. Mr. King-Murillo’s theatre credits also include Shrek The Musical, A Little Princess, Honk!, The Sound of Music, and Flat Stanley (San Diego Junior Theatre). He believes this opportunity to work with The Old Globe is greatly due to the powerful training he receives through Junior Theatre, San Diego Civic Dance Association, and San Diego Civic Youth Ballet, where he recently danced as Hansel in the yearly production of Fairy Tales in the Park. Mr. King-Murillo is an 11-year-old sixth grader in South Bay Union Schools District’s Visual and Performing Arts Program, and he’s the youngest of three dancers in his household! He enjoys reading, writing fiction, singing harmonies, and soccer.

Little Who Ensemble, Pink Team

Hourie Klijian

is delighted to return to The Old Globe to perform in another season of The Grinch. She has appeared in Les Misérables and Christmas on my Mind (Lamb’s Players Theatre), The Sound of Music (San Diego Musical Theatre), Fiddler on the Roof and The Wizard of Oz (Moonlight Stage Productions), Annie and Disney’s Peter Pan JR. (San Diego Junior Theatre), A Gala Musical Review (Kroc Kids Junior Theatre Company), and Celebrity Sonnets, and she has made solo vocal performances at a number of venues in San Diego. She sings regularly in her church choir and loves watching old musicals during family movie night. She thanks and gives her love to God and her family.

Teen Who, Red Team

Gabi Leibowitz

Gabi Leibowitz is proud and excited to be returning to The Old Globe for her third year. She has been performing in dance, musical theatre and film since the age of four and has been fortunate to work with professional and community theatre companies including Lyric Opera San Diego, San Diego Junior Theatre, J*Company Youth Theatre and Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego. She recently played Emma in LEGO Friends LIVE and Hazel the Witchette in the Brick-or-Treat musical at LEGOLAND California. Some of her favorite roles include Betty-Lou Who in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (‘11), the principal role of Ti Moune in Once on This Island (Francis Parker School), Shprintze in Fiddler on the Roof (Lyric Opera San Diego) and most recently Minnie Fae in Hello, Dolly! (J*Company). Ms. Leibowitz studies ballet, jazz and tap at The Dance Academy and has performed locally in The Nutcracker for eight years. Highlights of her achievements this year include San Diego Superstars Finalist, San Diego’s Got Talent finalist, Carlsbad Community Talent winner and National Youth Theatre Award nominee. Ms. Leibowitz has been blessed with a wonderful community of family, friends, coaches and mentors and appreciates all of their love, guidance and inspiration.

Mama Who

Bets Malone

is so happy to celebrate Christmas again at The Old Globe after being seen as Mama Who last year. She was most recently seen as Mrs. Banks in Moonlight Stage Productions’s acclaimed Mary Poppins and as Diana in San Diego Musical Theatre’s Next to Normal. Southern California theatregoers have seen her in such shows as Sweeney Todd, 1776, Once Upon a Mattress, Company, Suds: The Rocking ’60s Musical Soap Opera, Evita, Ragtime, Into the Woods, Annie Get Your Gun, All Shook Up, Children of Eden, Carousel, The Ten Commandments: The Musical, and The Will Rogers Follies. Ms. Malone originated the role of Suzy in the Off Broadway production of The Marvelous Wonderettes and recorded the original cast album. She can also be heard on Winter Wonderettes and The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps and Gowns.She is featured as Tallulah the monkey in Barbie as the Island Princess as well as the singing voice of Velma in Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire. Ms. Malone lives in Vista with her husband Steven Glaudini, artistic director of Moonlight Stage Productions. betsmalone.com.
Little Who Ensemble, Pink Team Cady Mariano
is honored to have been chosen to perform at The Old Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! as her debut professional stage acting role. She is 12 years old and loves acting, dancing, and singing. She’s a bona fide “Triple Threat,” earning second place in the 2014 Ultimate Triple Threat Contest at the San Diego County Fair. She calls the stage her second home, performing since she was three years old. Her professional acting career has taken off recently. In addition to The Grinch, she played the lead role of Hannah in the film D. Asian. Her stage experience also includes many musical and non-musical roles in local theatre, including her recent role of Small Alice in Alice in Wonderland, Fanny in Mr. Scrooge and Mr. Dickens, and stin

Betty-Lou Who, Pink Team

Caitlin McAuliffe

Caitlin McAuliffe is so thankful to return for her third season in this year’s production of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! She is so happy to be back performing with all of her friends from Whoville! Her first two years with The Grinch were as Cindy-Lou Who, and this year, she is very excited to play Cindy-Lou’s big sister, Betty-Lou Who. Most recently, Ms. McAuliffe played Young Cosette in Les Misérables (California Youth Conservatory). She is beginning to branch out into film, recently completing a commercial for Nikken Sleep Systems and an anti-bullying video for college students studying psychology. Ms. McAuliffe is 10 years old and loves to sing and dance. She danced competitively for four years and is part of Leigh Scarritt Productions where she has performed at various San Diego venues. In her free time, she loves hanging out with her friends from school. She also cherishes her time with her three big brothers: Corey, Chris and Brad; and her three dogs: Coco, Faith and Sweets. She feels very blessed to be a part of this magical production and hopes that it brings joy to everyone’s holiday season. Merry Grinchmas!

Danny Who, Red Team

Dylan Nalbandian

is thrilled to return to Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! for his sixth consecutive year after playing Danny Who last year and Boo Who 2009-2012. Most recently he played the role of Jem Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (New Village Arts) and Macduff’s Son in Macbeth (Intrepid Shakespeare Company). Last year he performed the role of Simon in the staged reading of Displacement (Pasadena Playhouse) and the role of George Ewell in local staged readings of Death of a Midsummer Songbird (Cygnet Theatre Company, Intrepid Shakespeare, and Diversionary Theatre). Mr. Nalbandian will play the role of Henry in The Lord of the Flies at New Village Arts next spring, and he is awaiting the 2015 release of the movie Sex, Death and Bowling, in which he appears as a young Adrian Grenier. In addition to acting, he is an award-winning competitive dancer at Georgia’s School of Dance in Escondido. Mr. Nalbandian is grateful to everyone at The Old Globe and is honored to return to Whoville with his Who family this holiday season.

Grandpa Who

Kürt Norby

Kürt Norby has previously appeared at The Old Globe in the world premiere of Allegiance – A New American Musical and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! His regional credits include the world premieres of Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin and Zhivago (La Jolla Playhouse), Company, Assassins, Man of La Mancha and Sweeney Todd (Cygnet Theatre Company), miXtape, Leaving Iowa, Room Service, Hello, Dolly!, The Voysey Inheritance and The Winslow Boy (Lamb’s Players Theatre), Evita, The Desert Song and Bye Bye Birdie (Welk Resorts Theatre), Beauty and the Beast (Moonlight Amphitheater), Suds: The Rocking ‘60s Musical Soap Opera, Urinetown, Fiddler on the Roof and The Scarlet Pimpernel (Starlight Musical Theatre) and Miss Saigon (Fullerton Civic Light Opera). His film credits include 29th and Gay, U R Pre-Approved and Rubix Cube Dinner. He received his B.A. in Drama from UC Irvine. Love to Kyle. www.kurtnorby.com.

Annie Who, Pink Team

Isabelle Simone Pizzurro

Isabelle Simone Pizzurro is thrilled to make her Globe debut in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Most recently, she performed in The Wizard of Oz (Moonlight Stage Productions), Shrek (J*Company Youth Theatre) and The Nutcracker (The California Ballet Company). She is a 10-year-old fifth grader at Carrillo Elementary School. Ms. Pizzurro is passionate about singing, dancing and learning about history. She has been a competitive dancer for the last three years. She would like to thank all of her dance and singing teachers, as well as her family, for their inspiration and guidance along the path to Whoville this holiday season.

Annie Who, Red Team

Kaitlyn O'Leary

Kaitlyn O’Leary is thrilled to be a part of The Grinch for a second year as Annie Who. This summer she won the title of Ultimate Triple Threat at the San Diego County Fair and had the honor of singing the national anthem for the Southern California Open at La Costa Resort, the San Diego Chargers Bolt to the Q 5K race and the Los Angeles Clippers at the Staples Center. Ms. O’Leary’s recent credits include performing with the Breakthrough Workshop Theatre at the Museum of Photographic Arts as well as a fundraising production for Kroc Kids Junior Theatre Company, A Gala Musical Revue, with Leigh Scarritt Productions. Ms. O’Leary’s past credits include Ette in Legally Blonde, Youth Choir in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at San Diego Musical Theatre, Celebrity Sonnets and San Diego Shakespeare Society’s Musicale. She wishes all of you a very Merry Who Christmas!

Grown-Up Who Ensemble

Nathan Andrew Riley

is thrilled to be returning to Whoville for the second time! Though a San Diego-based performer, Mr. Riley just participated in the New York Musical Theatre Festival in the new musical The Calico Buffalo. Audiences can also catch him chasing a street rat at Disney California Adventure Park in Disney’s Aladdin – A Musical Spectacular. His favorite credits include Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Musical (Intrepid Shakespeare Company), Winston in miXtape and Scranton Slim in Guys and Dolls (Lamb’s Players Theatre), Smudge in Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings (New Village Arts), Muleteer in Man of La Mancha (Cygnet Theatre Company), and Seaweed J. Stubbs in Hairspray (Moonlight Stage Productions). Mr. Riley has his B.A. in Music from the University of Redlands. nathan-riley.com.
Little Who Ensemble, Pink Team Lexy Sakrekoff
is honored to be making her debut at The Old Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Sincere thanks to The Old Globe for making this dream of hers come true! Ms. Sakrekoff was born and raised in Oceanside, California and has four older brothers. She is a fifth-grade student at Christa McAuliffe Elementary School and has been singing since she could talk, dancing since age two, and performing on stage since age four. Her last performance was in the role of a Munchkin Teacher in Moonlight Stage Production’s The Wizard of Oz. Her favorite thing about acting is to lose herself in different characters, sing, dance, and walk around in their shoes. Off stage, Ms. Sakrekoff excels in a variety of sports and has a deep passion and love for animals. In her spare time she enjoys playing the piano and guitar, writing, and crafting.

Boo Who, Pink Team

Brandon Saldivar

Brandon Saldivar is a nine-year-old student at Adobe Bluffs Elementary School. He is honored to be making his Globe debut this holiday season. He was recently seen as Sam in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Gub Gub in Dr. Dolittle (San Diego Junior Theatre). Aside from acting and singing, he enjoys hanging out with friends, playing capoeira at Capoeira Brasil San Diego, going to Padres games and watching WWE shows.

Young Max

Jeffrey Schecter

better known as “Shecky,” previously appeared at The Old Globe as Willy Scarlatti in Robin and the 7 Hoods and made his first appearance as Young Max last year in The Grinch. He is probably best known for recreating the role of Mike Costa (“I Can Do That!”) in the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line and can also be seen winning that role in the documentary film Every Little Step. His other Broadway credits include The Pajama Game, Wonderful Town, Beauty and the Beast, Guys and Dolls, The People in the Picture, Anything Goes, and Nice Work If You Can Get It. In addition to performing on stage, Mr. Schecter is also a screenwriter and filmmaker. His first feature film, Farm Girl in New York (co-star and co-writer), appeared in several film festivals across the country and is now available on DVD and iTunes. His latest film, Tyco Parks the Car, most recently appeared in the Hollyshorts Film Festival in Hollywood and the Coney Island Film Festival in New York. His favorite roles are husband to Melissa and father to his favorite little Who, daughter Lena. jeffreyschecter.com.

Little Who Ensemble, Red Team

Kendall Skye

Kendall Skye is nine years old and is making her debut at The Old Globe. After seeing so many shows from the seats, she is excited to finally be on stage. She has performed in various Christian Youth Theater productions such as The Lion King, Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz and her favorite role, the title role in Annie. Her hobbies include singing, dancing, learning the guitar and treasuring every moment of this holiday theatrical experience. She hopes to continue in the entertainment industry. Enjoy the show!

Little Who Ensemble, Pink Team

Isabella Walther-Meade

Isabella Walther-Meade is thrilled to be in the 2013 cast of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! She is nine years old and is in the fifth grade at St. John’s Episcopal School in Chula Vista. Her past roles include Young Eponine in Les Misérables and Little Fiona in Shrek the Musical (California Youth Conservatory) and The Duchess of Definition in The Phantom Tollbooth (San Diego Junior Theatre). She loves to sing, play the guitar and dance at the Royal Dance Academy in Carmel Valley and is also fluent in Spanish. Ms. Walther-Meade is very excited to be performing at The Old Globe this holiday season and would like to thank everyone for their support and for coming to the show.

Little Who Ensemble, Pink Team

Elliot Weaver

is thrilled and honored to return to The Old Globe for a second year for Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! His first year with The Grinch was as part of the Little Who Ensemble. Most recently, Mr. Weaver played Vlad Vladikoff in Seussical (Encore Youth Theatre). His credits include a lead role in Cinderella, If the Shoe Fits, Chicken Little, Beauty and the Beast, and Rapunzel with TheatreWest. Mr. Weaver is a twelve-year-old seventh grader at San Elijo Middle School in San Marcos. When not acting, he enjoys acrobats on the trampoline, gymnastics, tumbling, playing the piano, and singing.

Team

Book and Lyrics

Timothy Mason

has been represented at the Globe and on Broadway with the musical Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! His other theatre credits include Levitation, Only You, Babylon Gardens with Timothy Hutton and Mary-Louise Parker, and The Fiery Furnace starring Julie Harris (Circle Repertory Company), his five-play The Young Americans Cycle, comprised of Ascension Day, The Less Than Human Club, Time on Fire, Mullen’s Alley, and My Life in the Silents (American Conservatory Theater’s Young Conservatory in San Francisco), Cannibals (Naked Eye Theatre in Chicago), Six (Guthrie Theater Lab), Actors Theatre of Louisville, South Coast Repertory, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, the Jungle Theatre in Minneapolis, and the Royal National Theatre, London. Mr. Mason created many plays for young audiences at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, including several musicals in collaboration with Mel Marvin, and the first Dr. Seuss musical, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins with composer Hiram Titus. Mr. Mason’s novel for middle-school kids, The Last Synapsid, was published by Random House. His new novel, The Chorister, is a historical thriller for adults.

Composer

Mel Marvin

has composed at the Globe for Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and Tintypes. His Broadway credits include Yentl, A History of the American Film, Tintypes (Tony Award nomination), Fascinating Rhythm, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and Cymbeline (Lincoln Center Theater). He has also had nine shows produced Off Broadway. His other credits include scores for many of America’s best-known regional theatres, including Arena Stage, The Guthrie Theater, American Repertory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Lincoln Center Theater, and Mark Taper Forum, where he was an associate artist and wrote the original music for the premiere of Angels in America. Mr. Marvin’s other projects include Guest from the Future, an opera with libretto by Jonathan Levi that had its premiere in the Summerscape program at the new Fisher Center for the Arts in July 2004, and Buwalsky, an opera commissioned by Holland’s Opera Spanga that premiered in The Netherlands in August 2004 and subsequently toured the U.S. with performances in New Haven and New York City. A recent musical, EDEN, set in New Orleans the week after Katrina, was done at the O’Neill Music Theater Conference in July 2010. Elmer Gantry, a musical of the Sinclair Lewis novel, received a major revival this fall at Signature Theatre Company. Mr. Marvin is head faculty composer and producing director of the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is one of seven musicals for young audiences he has written for his daughter, Kate.

Conceived and Directed Original Production

Jack O'Brien

served as the Artistic Director of The Old Globe from 1981 through 2007. Mr. O’Brien directed the 2014 Broadway revival of It’s Only a Play starring F. Murray Abraham, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing, and Megan Mullally. His Broadway credits also include: Macbeth with Ethan Hawke, The Nance, Dead Accounts, Catch Me If You Can, Impressionism, The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nomination), Henry IV (Tony Award), Hairspray (Tony Award), Imaginary Friends, The Invention of Love (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award), The Full Monty (Tony nomination), More to Love, Getting Away with Murder, Pride’s Crossing, The Little Foxes, Hapgood (Lucille Lortel Award, Best Director), Damn Yankees, Two Shakespearean Actors (Tony nomination), Porgy and Bess (Tony Award). Metropolitan Opera: II Trittico. London: Love Never Dies, Hairspray (Olivier nomination). National Theatre: His Girl Friday. Six movies for PBS’s “American Playhouse.” Awards: 2008 Theatre Hall of Fame Inductee, 2005 John Houseman Award, ArtServe Michigan 2008 International Achievement Award, Honorary Doctorate, University of Michigan. Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, University of San Diego. Film (actor): Sex and the City 2. Jack Be Nimble: The Accidental Education of an Unintentional Director, his memoir about the early years of his career, was released in the summer of 2013 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Director

James Vásquez

has previously worked at The Old Globe directing Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, serving as Associate Director of Jane Austen’s Emma – A Musical Romantic Comedy, and providing musical staging for Boeing-Boeing and the 2013 Shakespeare Festival production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Most recently, he directed the Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program’s Clybourne Park, and will work with Scott Ellis this summer as movement consultant for The Comedy of Errors. He received San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award nominations for Outstanding Direction of a Musical for the world premiere of Harmony, Kansas and the West Coast premiere of [title of show] (Diversionary Theatre), and he won the award in 2010 for Sweeney Todd (Cygnet Theatre Company). His other recent directing/choreography credits include West Side Story and Cats (San Diego Musical Theatre), Marry Me a Little, Birds of a Feather, Pippin, and Next Fall (Diversionary), and Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Little Shop of Horrors (Cygnet), as well as developmental workshops at La Jolla Playhouse and Goodspeed Musicals. In 2004, Mr. Vásquez founded Daisy 3 Pictures with Mark Holmes and Carrie Preston. Their first two feature films, 29th and Gay (TLA Releasing, Here TV) and Ready? OK! (Wolfe Video, LOGO), have played national and international film festivals, with Ready? OK! winning Best Feature Film awards in Seattle, North Carolina, and San Diego. Their latest feature film, That’s What She Said, starring Anne Heche, made its world premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Mr. Vásquez is a graduate of The Juilliard School.

Original Choreography

John DeLuca

Film: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Nine, Memoirs of a Geisha, Chicago, The Terminal. TV: “Tony Bennett: An American Classic,” “The 75th Annual Academy Awards,” “The Kennedy Center Honors.” Broadway/NY theatre: Minnelli on Minnelli, Broadway Sings Elton John, Deborah Voight on Broadway, Sweet Adeline (City Center Encores!), Two Gentlemen of Verona (The Public). National tour: The Boy Friend, Chita & All That Jazz, Music of the Night, Brigadoon. American Stage Company: Oedipus Private Eye, Lucky Guy, The Gig. American Musical Theatre Award, Choreography Media Honors, American Choreography Award, two Emmy Awards. Currently producing the film version of Into the Woods, in theatres this December.

Additional Choreography

Bob Richard

has provided choreography for Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe, on Broadway and on tour. Currently his work can be seen in the 50th Anniversary National Tour of Hello, Dolly! starring Sally Struthers. He is also the choreographer of season 3 of “LazyTown” for Turner Network Television, “The Tonight Show,” “The Today Show” and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. He has served as the resident choreographer for the past 15 years at Sacramento Music Circus, staging over 35 productions. This fall Mr. Richard will be returning to The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle to stage Oliver! following his wildly acclaimed production of The Music Man. His other notable theatre credits of late include Pioneer Theatre Company, North Shore Music Theatre, Theatre Under The Stars and Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Richard’s work has received a Bay Area Critics Circle Award, with the American Musical Theatre of San Jose, and an Ivey and Houston Area Theatre Award for Choreography for his tour of Cabaret. He spent part of this past summer as a guest master instructor with the one and only Chet Walker at the prestigious Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Dancing, teaching master classes worldwide and choreographing for 30 years in show business, Mr. Richard and his wife became Founding Artistic Directors of The American Musical Theatre Dance Company. Love to Robert Henry, their meaning of life and where Whoville lives in the eyes and hearts of children always!

Musical Director

Elan McMahan

served as music director for last year’s production of The Grinch as well as the Globe’s 2012 and 2013 Shakespeare Festivals. Ms. McMahan is the resident music director for Moonlight Stage Productions in Vista. Her work at Moonlight and the Globe has received critical acclaim, including this year’s Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Musical Direction from the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for a body of 2012 work that included the Globe’s As You Like I and Moonlight’s Fiddler on the Roof and Sweeney Todd. Ms. McMahan holds music degrees from Brigham Young University and the St. Louis Conservatory of Music.

Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty

has designed the Globe productions of Cornelia, Dancing in the Dark, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and Redwood Curtain. His Broadway credits include The Nance, After Midnight, Good People, Venus in Fur, Other Desert Cities, Times Stands Still, A View From the Bridge, The Royal Family, The Color Purple, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Rabbit Hole, Doubt, Chicago, Dinner at Eight, Morning’s at Seven, Proof, Footloose, The Little Foxes, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, A Delicate Balance, The Heiress, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Anna Christie, Redwood Curtain, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Most Happy Fella, Penn and Teller (twice), Burn This, Ain’t Misbehavin’ (twice), Talley’s Folly, Fifth of July, and Crimes of the Heart. His Off Broadway credits include The Whipping Man, Sylvia, The Substance of Fire, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, The Road to Mecca, Song of Singapore, A Life in the Theatre, The Miss Firecracker Contest, 38 seasons at Manhattan Theatre Club and Circle Repertory Company, and 21 seasons at City Center Encores! He has also designed at major regional theatres and in film, opera, television, and the circus. Mr. Beatty is the recipient of the Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards and is a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame. He is a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama.

Costume Design

Robert Morgan

has designed the Broadway productions of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Full Monty, Imaginary Friends, I’m Not Rappaport, and Sherlock’s Last Case. His Off Broadway credits include Pride’s Crossing and Saturn Returns (Lincoln Center Theater) and The Loves of Anatol (Circle in the Square Theatre). His television credits include American Playhouse, The Skin of Our Teeth, and A Christmas Carol. He has designed internationally for the West End and Maria Theresa’s Schönbrunn Palace Theater in Vienna. His regional credits include The Old Globe (Associate Artist), Ahmanson Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, American Players Theatre, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Guthrie Theater, Huntington Theatre Company, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, McCarter Theatre Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Studio Arena Theater, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. He has received two Drama Desk Award nominations and 12 Drama-Logue Awards, and he has exhibited at Prague Quadrennial. He is the former Director of Boston University’s Theatre Arts Division, School for the Arts.

Lighting Design

Pat Collins

has designed the Globe productions of Twelfth Night, Cymbeline, and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Her Broadway credits include Orphans, Good People, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Doubt (Tony Award nomination), Sight Unseen, Proof, A Moon for the Misbegotten, A Delicate Balance, The Sisters Rosensweig, Conversations with My Father, The Heidi Chronicles, I’m Not Rappaport (Tony Award), Execution of Justice (Drama Desk Award), the original and 1988 revival of Ain’t Misbehavin’, Once Upon a Mattress, An American Daughter, and many more. Her Lincoln Center Theater credits include Third, Ten Unknowns, Death and the King’s Horseman, The Threepenny Opera (Tony nomination), The Floating Lightbulb, and Measure for Measure. Her Off Broadway credits include The Foreigner, Doubt, Burn This, Quartermaine’s Terms, How I Got That Story, and A Life in the Theatre. Ms. Collins has designed lighting at theatres throughout the country, including the Mark Taper Forum, McCarter Theatre Center, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage, Alley Theatre, Center Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theatre, American Repertory Theater, and Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. She has also designed for Wagner’s Ring Cycle at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and over 100 productions for opera companies throughout the world.

Sound Design

Paul Peterson

has designed over 100 productions at The Old Globe, including Other Desert Cities, The Brothers Size, God of Carnage, Nobody Loves You, Odyssey, Engaging Shaw, Life of Riley, Plaid Tidings – A Special Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid, Welcome to Arroyo’s, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, The Last Romance, Lost in Yonkers, I Do! I Do!, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Kingdom, Six Degrees of Separation, The Women, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Bell, Book and Candle, Two Trains Running, Hold Please, Restoration Comedy, Pig Farm, Moonlight and Magnolias, Vincent in Brixton, Lucky Duck, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, Blue/Orange, Time Flies, Pentecost, Compleat Female Stage Beauty, The Boswell Sisters, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, and many more. His regional credits include designs for Milwaukee Repertory Theater, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Center Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, Sledgehammer Theatre (Associate Artist), Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company, San Diego Repertory Theatre, North Coast Repertory Theatre, Diversionary Theatre, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Malashock Dance, University of San Diego, San Diego State University, and UCLA. Mr. Peterson received his B.F.A. in Drama with an emphasis in Technical Design from San Diego State University.

Orchestrator

Anita Ruth

is an orchestrator, arranger, and musical director active in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. She has prepared over 150 musicals in the last 30 years. She was the musical director of the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres from 1968 to 1988. Since then she has been a freelance music director and orchestrator at Guthrie Theater, Children’s Theatre Company, Bloomington Civic Theatre, and Theatre Mu, among others. She has been the arranger/music director for three Shakespeare productions at the Guthrie as well as music directing their production of A Christmas Carol for the last seven years. In 2004 she orchestrated two operas composed by Mel Marvin—one presented in Holland and the other at Bard College.

Vocal Arrangements and Incidental Music

Joshua Rosenblum

has conducted 13 Broadway and Off Broadway shows, specializing in flying vehicles (Miss Saigon, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!). He is the composer/lyricist of the Off Broadway smash hit revue Bush is Bad, as well as the musicals Fermat’s Last Tango, Einstein’s Dreams, and Garbo and Me. As a pianist, he has appeared with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, the Encores! series at New York City Center, and in solo recitals at Symphony Space. He is a faculty member at the Yale University Department of Music and a contributing writer for Opera News. Mr. Rosenblum is the founder and music director of the Pit Stop Players and the recent recipient of a grant from Signature Theatre in Washington, DC as part of the American Musical Voices Project: The Next Generation.

Dance Music Arranger

David Krane

created the dance music and additional score for the Oscar-winning Chicago and the film of Nine, and the musical score adaptation for the new Disney film Into the Woods starring Meryl Streep; produced and arranged Michelle Williams’s vocals for My Week with Marilyn; and composed Aspire with Stephen Cole, the first American musical produced in the Middle East. Their musical comedy about that incredible experience, The Road to Qatar!, was produced in Dallas, New York City, and the Edinburgh Festival. The show is licensed by josef-weinberger.com, and the CD, produced by jayrecords.com, is available on iTunes. His arrangements currently on Broadway include Cabaret and the upcoming production of On the Twentieth Century. davidkrane.com.

Casting

Caparelliotis Casting

recently cast the Globe productions of Arms and the Man, Buyer & Cellar, The White Snake, The Twenty-seventh Man, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Royale, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Water by the Spoonful, Time and the Conways, Bethany, The Winter’s Tale, The Few, Double Indemnity, The Rainmaker, Other Desert Cities, Be a Good Little Widow, A Doll’s House, The Brothers Size, Pygmalion, and Good People. Their Broadway casting credits include Fish in the Dark, It’s Only a Play, Disgraced, Holler If Ya Hear Me, Casa Valentina, The Snow Geese, Lyle Kessler’s Orphans, The Trip to Bountiful, Grace, Dead Accounts, The Other Place, Seminar, The Columnist, Stick Fly, Good People, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, The House of Blue Leaves, Fences, Lend Me a Tenor, and The Royal Family. They also cast for Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage Theatre, Atlantic Theater Company, LCT3, Ars Nova, Goodman Theatre, Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre, and three seasons with Williamstown Theatre Festival. Their recent film and television credits include HairBrained with Brendan Fraser, “Odyssey” (upcoming, NBC series), “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC pilot), “Ironside” (NBC), and Steel Magnolias (Sony for Lifetime).

Stage Manager

Leila Knox

has previously worked on the Globe productions of Othello, Cornelia, The American Plan, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Ace, The Violet Hour, Himself and Nora, Take Me Out, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2004-2014), the 2004 Summer Shakespeare Festival, Resurrection Blues, Bus Stop, Much Ado About Nothing, Dirty Blonde, and Thinking Shakespeare Live! Her Broadway credits include Dirty Blonde, Amour, and One Mo’ Time. Her regional credits include production supervisor of Dirty Blonde (national tour and West Yorkshire Playhouse); shows at Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout Theatre Company, Second Stage Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, SITI Company, Playwrights Horizons, Huntington Theatre Company; and 11 seasons with Williamstown Theatre Festival. She received her education at Northwestern University.

Assistant Stage Manager

Annette Yé

served as stage manager for The Old Globe’s The Royale, Quartet, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, The Few, Pygmalion, God of Carnage, Anna Christie, Groundswell, and the 2010 production of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Her other Globe credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2011-2014), Boeing-Boeing, The First Wives Club, Opus, Dancing in the Dark, Hay Fever, and the Summer Shakespeare Festivals 2008 and 2010-2013.